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A PUPIL MADE MAGAZINE ABOUT AUSTRALIA The content: •
Life in a big city (Sidney, Canberra and Melbourne)
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Life on a cattle station
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Ayers Rock and The Great Barrier Reef
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Geography and climate
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Food, sports and culture
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C A N B ERRA Canberra is in the south of Australia. 300 km southwest from Sidney. Around 360 000 people live in Canberra.
summer is warm and sometimes hot. winter is more chilly and sometimes cold. It rains 629 mm each year. Most rain Most people who live in Canberra works within government. Many work in private companies and industries. Others workplaces are business,
coms in October and least rain in June. One to two times every years it can come snow, January is the warmest month with about 27째. It can be -2째.
schools, tourism and medical treatment.
L채nkar http://www.bom.gov.au/nsw/canberra/climate.shtml http://canberra.lookat.me.com.au/ http://www.australienbloggen.se/canberra-annorlundahuvudstad/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/ 2010/01/28/2803502.htm?site=canberra
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C A N B ERRA About Canberra. Australian football The most popular sport in Canberra is American football. A big American football club in Canberra is UC firebirds. ”University of Canberra Firebirds Gridiron club”. It was at the end of the 90‘s the club was formed.
Parliament house
The big parliament house of Canberra is open for everyone. The parliament house has guided tours that takes you around the house. The house has big art collections. You can also go up to a bridge on the roof over the parliament house, that is Interesting facts about a popular thing to do. canberra January 26’s is the national day of Canberra.
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The biggest mountain in Canberra is Mount Majura. The mountain is 888 meters above the sea.
Picture:Http://blogs.wickedlocal.com Picture: http://www.architecture.com. ***
Events. A well known festival in Canberra is the ”Canberra festival”. The famous thing with the festival is the balloon spectacular. Canberra’s balloon event is in the four top of the world balloon festivals. The ballon flies over different types of big houses. Also you can go to a symphony in the park. There you can watch and hear a choir sing below the sky of stars. The festival begins in the autumn. It’s like a celebration for Canberra’s birthday, on the date
2-18 march.
wear uniforms. The girls have skirts, and the boys have shorts or trousers. The parents pay for the school for their children. The price different between schools.
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Canberra is the capital city of Australia. Canberra means meeting point in the aboriginal language. 2
Canberra has a good security. Many people who have moved to Canberra think that it is amazing. If they should compare with their dwelling house. ”Canberra its just so much better”- they said. Canberra is famous for the good education they have there. Canberra’s pubs and night clubs are open the whole week. You can go there after work, take some beers, go home, and sleep. Then you go to work next day.
Picture: http://picasaweb.google.com (Majura mountain) Facts from: http://www.canberra.nu http://www.colourfultrips.com http://www.canberrayourfuture.com http://www.infrastructure.gov.au http://canberrafestival.com.au http://sv.wikipedia.org http://stuganioz.blogspot.se
Canberra is a tidy and clean city. The city has a healthy and easy bus system. It is much better for the Reporter: Wilma Lindgren. population and the nature to have a healthy bus system.
Picture::http://www.picturethis.com.au
Schools in Canberra Religion is an important thing in Australian schools. The students
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C A N B ERRA About Canberra.
Canberra’s pubs and night clubs are open the whole week. You can go Australian football there after work, take some beers, The most popular sport in Canberra go home, and sleep. Then you go to is American football. A big American work next day. football club in Canberra is UC firebirds. ”University of Canberra Canberra is a tidy and clean city. Firebirds Gridiron club”. It was at the The city has a healthy and easy bus end of the 90‘s the club was formed. system. It is much better for the population and the nature to have a healthy bus system.
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Events. A well known festival in Canberra is the ”Canberra festival”. The famous thing with the festival is the balloon spectacular. Canberra’s balloon event is in the four top of the world balloon festivals. The ballon flies over different types of big houses. Also you can go to a symphony in the park. There you can watch and hear a choir sing below the sky of stars. The festival begins in the autumn. It’s like a celebration for Canberra’s birthday, on the date
2-18 march.
Parliament house The big parliament house of Canberra is open for everyone. The parliament house has guided tours that takes you around the house. The house has big art collections. You can also go up to a bridge on the roof over the parliament house, that is a popular thing to do.
*** To live in Canberra Canberra has a good security. Many people who have moved to Canberra think that it is amazing. If they should compare with their dwelling house. ”Canberra its just so much better”- they said. Canberra is famous for the good education they have there.
Schools in Canberra Religion is an important thing in Australian schools. The students wear uniforms. The girls have skirts, and the boys have shorts or trousers. The parents pay for the school for their children. The price different between schools.
*** Interesting facts about canberra January 26’s is the national day of Canberra. The biggest mountain in Canberra is Mount Majura. The mountain is 888 meters above the sea. Canberra is the capital city of Australia. Canberra means meeting point in the aboriginal language. 2
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AYERS ROCK Ayers Rock is a very famous place, it is
You can visit and se a the cliff. The cliff
called Uluru on aborigine. The place is in
is 3,5 kilometres long and it is up to two
the middle of Australia. It is 3000 mils
kilometres wide, and around 9 kilometres
from Sydney to Ayers Rock. It takes 50
range. The most people who visit the cliff
hour to drive and 4,5 hour to take the
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plane to get there.
Tjuta it is a collection of 36 variouslysized rock domes.
In december and january, the temperature can be up to 45° degrees, and some times it can be tipping over 50° degrees it is very
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dangerous for the people thats travelling so some times the need to close because it is so hot. It coasts to sleep $25 for tree nights in the hotel, in the national park. And its coasts $25 fore one night in the powered sits in the camping. And a shower coasts $2,50
There is a lot of water and it is clear thy don´t sell alcohol, and thy have ask the visitors to not sell alcohol to the local Aborigines. Safely you need to stay on the sealed roads. And you need to have water whit you if you are going to hiking, because you need to drink often so you don´t pass out because it is so hot. It is good if you stop and drink every hour. And you need a lot of sunscreen. And you need to keep one eye on the terrain, you maybe be travelling will it be steep and covered whit loose stones. And you need to have good shoes because there can be snakes. Länkar:
http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uluru and
http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uluru
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G REA T B A R R IE R REEF Great Barrier Reef is the worlds biggest system of coral reefs. It’s in the northeastern coast of Australia. From the Australian mainland it’s about 15 to 200 kilometres.
How do you get there? You can go with different boats. A motorboat for a longer cruise or you can go with a sail for a day trip.
Prices A Sail-away trip cost 1.175 swedish crowns, for one person. But if you want to go for a longer time, like 3 days with Coral Princess Cruises it cost 13.085 swedish crowns for one person on Upper Deck. If you want a suit you have to pay more. Facts and pictures:
Thinks to see and do Great Barrier Reef is a popular place for tourists. Make a dream com true and swim with many beautiful fishes and other animals. Do different activities like Sailing, ScubaDiving, Snorkelling and swimming. On the snorkelling ★★★ tour they show you to come close the fishes on the best Other Facts way. Great Barrier Reef is 2000 km long and have a lots of islands. It’s has a thousand coral reef. More than 1500 different fish in the rainbows all colours. The water temp is between 22 to 28 degrees year around.
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C U L TU RE Mel Gibson was born January 3 1956 in Peekskill. He is a American-Australian producer, director and actor.
There are four different types of art in Australia. Two of them are called Aboriginal art and City-based Aboriginal art.
Nicole Mary Kidman is an Australian actress. She was born on June 20 1967. 2003 she was awarded an Oscar for best actress.
Aboriginal art is created by Aboriginal artists that live a traditional life far away from the big cities.
Paul Hogan is married since 1990 with Linda Kozlowski who is his co-star in the Crocodile Dundee movies. He was born on October 8 1939.
City-based Aboriginal art is created by Aboriginal artists who are educated in western art schools and live in urban areas.
Russell Crowe was born in Wellington. When he was four years old his family moved to Australia. In Australia he There’s a lot of celebrities started to act in Australian in Australia, and here’s a list movies and TV series.
of the most famous ones: • Hugh Jackman • Mel Gibson • Nicole Kidman • Paul Hogan • Russell Crowe This is an Aboriginal rock painting near Hawker in South Australia
Hugh Jackman is a good singer and dancer. He was born on October 12 1968. He and his wife Deborra-Lee Furness has adopted two children. His son Oscar who was born in 2000 and his daughter Ava who was born in 2005
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C A TTL E S TA TI O N How many cattle stations are there in Australia? There is some cattle station that is bigger than some european countries. Anna Creek station, is the biggest station in the world What is school like in the outback? Kids are not going to school in the outback.
How big are the cattle stations? The cattle stations are very large. Why do they need to be so big? The most of the cattle stations in australia are located in the north and the central region of the Australia Outback. In the Australia continent is so dry and the vegetation is so sparse that a large amount of country need support enough cattle to make i living.
The workers are hedding to camps if the drive is a few hours Cattle stations are placed in the long The camp chef is responsible northen of Australia. A normal day at a cattle station for that the workers get food. starts with a cooked breakfast in the main station kitchen. They On a cattle station there is always work to do, shoeing pack lunch on the morning to horses, grading roads, fixing withstand the day. The typical lunch for someone that work on tyres and other mechanical problems, bore runs etc. a cattle station is sandwiches with corned beef, baked cakes that are fresh and biscuits and There’s much to do so you don’t fruit. You take what you need for get so many days of. People send mails and gifts the day. through the mail plane. The horses are being mustered into a set of yards, the men that They order supplies like vegetables, fruit and parts work on the cattle station needed to repair things. choose a horse to ride on for the rest of the day. The horses that have been chosen are fed The workers like to go to a pub. It can take a few hours to go with nosebags. They are there. saddled up and loaded on The highlight of the year is the horse-trucks. rodeo. The crew of the station The journey is often silent. When they arrive, they drop of gather there and socialise with other workers. the horses. They get help from choppers and motorbikes to summon the When the mustering season ends and the wet season mob. begins. Horse shoes are taken When the mob has been yarded of and they are turned out to spell for the year to come. the calves and weaners are separated to get ear marked, dehonored, castrated, vaccinated and branded. The most important job in this process is the Tally Book. The Tally Book is important because the men that work need to know how many cattles there are in the paddocks. LIFE ON A CATTLE STATION
Sources:http://www.musteringthekimberley.com/station-
life http://www.tibooburra-d.schools.nsw.edu.au/
www.wikipedia.org/
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F O O D & S P O RT
A V : M A RKUS & A N D ERS
Australia most eaten food. The most eaten food in Australia is fish, a common dish is grilled food ex. steak or kangaroo meat, other regular dishes to dinners is vegetables, soap, pizza, and focaccia. REGULAR TO BREAKFAST, is ¨müsli¨, toast and fruits. But those who eat heavier breakfast often eat bacon, eggs, mushrooms, beans, sausage, tomatoes and toasts. DRINKS TO BREAKFAST, is often tea, coffee, juice, or flavoured milk.
www.wikipedia.se & www.traveltoaustralia.org
AUSTRALIAN SPORTS A common sport in australian is australian football. Other sports Australian likes is cricket, speedway, and land hockey. The olympic games has been in australia twice, once in melbourne 1956 and in sydney 2000. Other big events is the Australian open, its a tennis tournament, and the Australian grand prix.